Who knew it existed: life after a stress fracture! I've been back in the saddle for two weeks now. Well, it's more a reminder of my earlier days in voltige, I am only halfway on the horse! I started running again the week of my birthday starting slowly, painfully s-l-o-w-l-y! It's what I am supposed to do, or at least that's what everyone tells me to do. Well, excepte for my Dr. who doesn't really want me to run until the end of December... he doesn't really expect me to follow his advice though. Thankfully for me, his daughter is a runner, a serious one, not an amateur like me, so he understands.
In typical me fashion, I've put the horses before the cart - is that even an expression in English? - and I signed up for a race at the end of April. Nope, it's not Nashville, I am not running it this year, although my running partner Debbie is and I know she'll smoke it. It's actually a MUCH prettier race! I signed up for the Ragnar Relay in California with the team I was supposed to race with the Ragnar Relay in Texas. We'll be running from Santa Barbara, all the way down to Dana Point. I am so excited, especially given that we'll be running through Santa Barbara and Ventura. :)
I just need to keep taking it easy and s-l-o-w-l-y to make sure I can actually participate in the race.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Almost three months...
... since I last posted!
Well during that fateful 5-miler on August 10th, it appears that I managed to injure myself. My doctor at the Campbell Clinic sent me for an X-Ray, MRI and bone scan and I got diagnosed with a pelvic stress fracture. When the doctor initially talked about 6 weeks off, I looked at him like he had three heads and I started to negotiate with him "Are we talking about 6 weeks from today or 6 weeks form the injury?". Poor guy was shacking his head. Then at my check-up, when I told him I ran a mile at 6 weeks because I felt good, I thought he would strangle me. Thankfully his daughter is a runner so he seems to understand what a bunch of lunatics we are.
Long story somewhat short, after seeing a nutritionist, my ob, had a bone density scan at an endocrinology clinic, I was prescribed both Ensure and Depends. Just kidding! However, it was discovered that my vitamin D levels were very low so I am on a high dosage vitamin D regiment for 8 weeks and I'll see my doctor again at the end of December. Still not allowed to run though.
I've had to miss the Ragnar Relay Race in Texas, running from San Antonio to Austin. I was really bummed and I felt like I was letting my team down. Thankfully, they were able to find another sucker to take my spot. I also have to skip the St. Jude Marathon here in Memphis at the beginning of December. I already had signed up to run the 1/2 marathon as a St. Jude Hero, raising money for Team Thomas. That's another big bummer.
The good news is that during the month of October I completed a Lazyman Ironman. Basically, I had a month to complete an Ironman. It was great because it forced me to diversify my cardio workouts. I was forced to bike more consistently and horror, I even had to jump in the pool twice and do a never ending amount of lapses. Now if I could find something that would force me to strength train...
Well during that fateful 5-miler on August 10th, it appears that I managed to injure myself. My doctor at the Campbell Clinic sent me for an X-Ray, MRI and bone scan and I got diagnosed with a pelvic stress fracture. When the doctor initially talked about 6 weeks off, I looked at him like he had three heads and I started to negotiate with him "Are we talking about 6 weeks from today or 6 weeks form the injury?". Poor guy was shacking his head. Then at my check-up, when I told him I ran a mile at 6 weeks because I felt good, I thought he would strangle me. Thankfully his daughter is a runner so he seems to understand what a bunch of lunatics we are.
Long story somewhat short, after seeing a nutritionist, my ob, had a bone density scan at an endocrinology clinic, I was prescribed both Ensure and Depends. Just kidding! However, it was discovered that my vitamin D levels were very low so I am on a high dosage vitamin D regiment for 8 weeks and I'll see my doctor again at the end of December. Still not allowed to run though.
I've had to miss the Ragnar Relay Race in Texas, running from San Antonio to Austin. I was really bummed and I felt like I was letting my team down. Thankfully, they were able to find another sucker to take my spot. I also have to skip the St. Jude Marathon here in Memphis at the beginning of December. I already had signed up to run the 1/2 marathon as a St. Jude Hero, raising money for Team Thomas. That's another big bummer.
The good news is that during the month of October I completed a Lazyman Ironman. Basically, I had a month to complete an Ironman. It was great because it forced me to diversify my cardio workouts. I was forced to bike more consistently and horror, I even had to jump in the pool twice and do a never ending amount of lapses. Now if I could find something that would force me to strength train...
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